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out. Then you pull it in and hold it against your breast 

 where it gets warm in a moment. 



By being careful you can see to it that the freezing is 

 never more than skin-deep. A little peeling of the skin 

 takes place a few days later and there may be a moderate 

 burning sensation for a few hours in the evening after a 

 day when you have frozen frequently. These are minor 

 discomforts and, as I have said, are no more serious than 

 sunburn when you become equally used to them. 



When we crossed over to the Herschel Island harbor 

 the day after my freezing experience, we found not only 

 a welcome at the police barracks and at Captain Leavitt's 

 ship but also news of our expedition. Leffingwell and 

 the Mate of the Duchess, Storkerson, had been to Her- 

 schel Island in the fall and had reported that the Duchess 

 was wintering safe behind Flaxman Island just as Cap- 

 tain Leavitt had guessed. Leffingwell had left word for 

 me that I might stay in the delta if I wanted to or come 

 to Flaxman Island if I preferred. I decided to spend 

 some more time to the east and proceed to Flaxman Isl- 

 and in April. 



My return journey to Shingle Point was an interesting 

 experience. The weather was good the first day and we 

 made Stokes Point. The next day we were going to make 

 the Amundsen cabin at King Point. We had scarcely 

 more than started out when it began to breeze up from 

 the east and to snow. The wind gradually increased until 

 when we rounded Kay Point it was blowing a gale in our 

 faces. We now had the usual trouble with the dogs in 

 keeping their eyes free of snow. Finally the storm got 

 so bad that their eyes filled as fast as we could clear 

 them, and they kept curling up with their noses in their 

 tails in spite of anything we could do. We had one whip 



